SIOUX CENTER, Iowa - Extension dairy specialist Jennifer Bentley discussed automatic calf feeding systems during recent Dairy Days in Sioux Center and Spencer. Bentley talked about the pros and cons ...

Nebraska Extension will host a webinar titled Confinement Feeding Cow-calf Pairs in the Face of Limited Perennial Grass ...

Every farmer should look at the different methods and pick one that saves them time and energy, writes John Donworth ON IRISH dairy farms, very little seems to be put into the area of calf rearing as ...

Inspired by a European farming system, but with an understanding that New Zealand farms are different, a local engineer has developed New Zealand's first purpose built calf feeding system. CalfSMART ...

A calf’s digestive system is shaped by more than time. Diet, milk intake and early environmental exposure all influence rumen development. On a recent episode of the Kansas State University Beef ...

MOST NEW dairy farm building set-ups also include an area for rearing calves and new technology can help make this more efficient. Hygiene is paramount and now a new calf feeder from Volac means that ...

Feeding milk to calves through a teat meets the calf’s biological need to suckle, but excellent standards of hygiene are needed to avoid digestive upsets and disease spread. Daily cleaning, ...

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